Nations League 24-25

[two sheds]

Ireland v England 17:00

I normally turn sound off for the National Dirge but idly wondered whether the booing would carry right the way through and I wasn't disappointed . They turned the microphones up for the players who were singing with the proper monotone.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Well, this threw me for a second



Kane with a golden chance courtesy of a TAA cross, the kind you'd expect him to score more often than not.

This was one of the not times

 

[two sheds]

Oooh now look at that - Alexander Arnold coming in from the right puts a lovely cross onto Kane's head and he just heads over.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Ooooh, it had to be...!

(if it wasn't Jack)

 

[JimW]

What's this knock-off effort of a competition?

 

[two sheds]

Well, this threw me for a second

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Kane with a golden chance courtesy of a TAA cross, the kind you'd expect him to score more often than not.

This was one of the not times

Bloody confused me, too. Ah bugger JimW's done the same thread as me, aha he's spelled Nations wrong, ...

 

[Lord Camomile]

Gordon arguably should have scored first, but again, that was a ridiculous ball from Trent.

 

[tommers]

LOL.

 

[two sheds]

Ooooh now look at that. Alexander Arnold on the right does one of his lovely through passes and there's a goal

 

[Lord Camomile]

Ooooh now look at that. Alexander Arnold does one of his lovely through passes and there's a goal

We are so out of sync

I'm gonna have to be careful with my comments

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

Rice and Grealish score

 

[Lord Camomile]

Ooooh, it had to be...!

(if it wasn't Jack)

Ah...

 

[tommers]

Now that was a fucking goal.

 

[tommers]

I mean, half an hour in and we're playing Ireland but this bloke might be alright.

 

[spitfire]

2-0 to Ireland then.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Rice and Grealish score

Rice assisted Grealish's goal, too

 

[tommers]

Final score: Ireland 6 - 2 England. Obv.

 

[Aaronf]

England already playing better than they ever did under Southgate.

 

[two sheds]

foul on grealish

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

Tactically this is excellent from England, a real understanding of partnerships and space.

Colwill doesn't get forward from left back so that leaves space for Grealish to drift to his natural left, which means that Gordon can run beyond the centre forward, which means Kane can drop deep into the space vacated by Grealish.

 

[two sheds]

Good that Gordon and Grealish running at the defence. It's usually Saka.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Bloody hell. Look, I know England looked decent, and in ways that we'd hoped to see more of in the summer, but christ, there's a lot being made out of what is still only 45 minutes of football...

 

[Lord Camomile]

ITV, Republic of Ireland, for a second I misread the co-commentator graphic and thought "fuck me, have they really brought Andy Townsend back??"

 

[two sheds]

Will be interested to see whether they keep trying to be a bit inventive or just sit back.

 

[Lord Camomile]

That's a point; it'll be interesting to see how long England leave it to make their subs.

Given how this is such a break from the (very recent) past...

 

[two sheds]

I'd have been tempted to make a couple of changes at half time - Kane's been quiet





and now watch him score

 

[Lord Camomile]

England have failed to score in over half of Carsely's time as manager.

#carsleyout

 

[two sheds]

bit flaccid in 2nd half, a couple of nice moves. Bowen looked good briefly.

 

[tommers]

Jack Grealish is such a nice bloke. Love him.

 

[spitfire]

Jack Grealish is such a nice bloke. Love him.

No he isn’t.

Signed,

Everyone in Ireland.


(I’m kidding he is really)